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Crop Insurance Enhancements

Published February 14, 2026

The newly-released farm bill text builds on the support for crop insurance in recent farm bills. It calls for the development of new policies for specialty crops and establishes a specialty crop policy advisory committee. The Risk Management Agency would…

Crop Insurance Boost Brings Relief to Farmers

Published February 12, 2026

NAU Country’s Vice President of Farm Services Rich Morrison says changes under the One Big Beautiful Bill delivered meaningful improvements to crop insurance and risk management tools. The subsidy levels for the Supplemental Coverage Option, Enhanced Coverage Option and Margin…

Hoeven Presses for PP Buy-Up Coverage

Published January 23, 2026

North Dakota Senator John Hoeven is leading a bipartisan push to get USDA to restore additional prevented planting buy-up coverage under crop insurance. Recent USDA rules expanded premium support overall, but removed the option for a five percent top-up on…

Crop Insurance Changes Add Confusion

Published December 24, 2025

Federal crop insurance policies are facing last-minute changes that were a surprise, according to Kyle Jore, head of crop insurance development at Watts and Associates. One major shift involves the elimination of the buy-up option for prevent plant coverage, which…

Callan: Growers Were Hoping For More

Published December 11, 2025

At the Prairie Grains Conference in Grand Forks, James Callan Associates President Jim Callan updated growers on federal policy and potential assistance heading into 2026. Callan noted that while expectations for the bridge assistance payment were high, budget limitations are…

1-in-4 Rule Updated

Published December 4, 2025

In addition to the prevented planting, the crop insurance program is seeing other changes. USDA is updating the one-in-four rule for prevented planting so that it doesn't require the land to be insured, only planted and harvested in at least…

Today is PRF Insurance Deadline

Published December 1, 2025

Today is the final day to enroll in the Pasture, Rangeland and Forage Insurance program for 2026. This USDA risk management tool program helps farmers and ranchers deal with lost forage and extra feed costs due to drought.

New Discounts, Endorsements Highlight 2026 Crop Insurance

Published November 21, 2025

RCIS Sales and Service Manager Stefanie Wolfe urges farmers to review upcoming changes to crop insurance for the 2026 season to ensure they’re getting the full benefits of new premium support and endorsements. Expanded discounts are available for beginning farmers…

Crop Insurance is a Certainty Anchor Amid Uncertain Times

Published November 21, 2025

Dr. Tom Zacharias, President of National Crop Insurance Services, says lawmakers and industry leaders have consistently emphasized the need to improve farmer access to crop insurance. “There were also investments made in the delivery system, some changes in the structure…

Insurance Settlements Replace Harvest

Published August 29, 2025

In the Hope, North Dakota area, this year’s harvest is overshadowed by wind damage. "We ended up losing about 90 percent of our crop from that June 20 storm," said Josh Ihry. "We had about 1,400 acres of dry bean…

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Articles tagged under: crop insurance

Crop Insurance Enhancements

Crop Insurance Boost Brings Relief to Farmers

Hoeven Presses for PP Buy-Up Coverage

Crop Insurance Changes Add Confusion

Callan: Growers Were Hoping For More

1-in-4 Rule Updated

Today is PRF Insurance Deadline

New Discounts, Endorsements Highlight 2026 Crop Insurance

Crop Insurance is a Certainty Anchor Amid Uncertain Times

Insurance Settlements Replace Harvest

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